British Home Secretary Theresa May and Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom will battle it out for the Conservative leadership after leading Brexit campaigner Michael Gove was eliminated from the contest in the second round of voting.

Mrs May appears to be the front-runner for the top job after she picked up 199 votes from Tory MPs, while Mrs Leadsom received 84, with Mr Gove on 46.

The two women will now go head-to-head in a vote of around 150,000 Conservative members across the country later this year.